Dr. Joseph Klein

Naturalistic Early Still Life Painting in a Newcomb Macklin Frame

1944

Naturalistic still life painting by Dutch artist Leonardus Nardus. The work features three jugs or vases set against a patterned carpet. Currently hung in a carved gold frame. Retains the original gallery tag on the reverse. Signed in the front lower right corner. Dimensions Without Frame: H 27 in. x W 24 in. Artist Biography: Leonardus Nardus, born in Utrecht into the Dutch upper middle class, the son of an antiquarian, was a colorful character. After training at the Amsterdam Academy, he embarked on a brief and unsuccessful gold-hunting expedition to Argentina in 1889. He then settled in America, where he became an art dealer, eventually returning to Paris a few years later. As well as being an art collector, Nardus developed his own talents as a painter. Caught up by a taste for nomadism, Léo Nardus eventually settled in Tunisia, where he built a small palace in the seaside resort of...

Untitled abstract of Mexican or South American figures. The work is signed by the artist and dated. The canvas is framed in a dark brown frame. Dimensions without Frame: H 30 in x W ...

Jean - Luc Mauger (1952) French School, 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 18.5 x 14.5 inches board: 15 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: v...

A beautiful chunky antique gold framed still life oil painting of fruit, wine, and pottery. The blue-and-white pottery vase makes it more special and unique, the perfect touch! The o...